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- 1899 (Creation)
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Minimal: papers re: 1899 Forbes/ Ogilvie-Grant Expedition to Socotra
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•Papers re: 1899 Forbes/ Ogilvie-Grant Expedition to Socotra filed with "Balfour, I.B." papers under "Socotra"
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Collection is open to researchers by appointment, see (right click, open link in new tab:) https://www.rbge.org.uk/science-and-conservation/library-and-archives/visiting-the-library/
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The natural history of Sokotra and Abdel-Kuri : being the report upon the results of the Conjoint Expedition to these Islands in 1898-9, by Mr. W.R. Ogilvie-Grant ... and Dr. H.O. Forbes ... / edited by Henry O. Forbes.
Pub: Liverpool :The Free Public Museums, Henry Young and Sons,1903
http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.34934
Note
Letter from I.B.Balfour, dated 31 July 1901, to Sir Joseph Hooker references Dr. Henry O. Forbes as having supplied seeds of Hibiscus Scotti to RBGE in 1899.
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- Balfour, Sir Isaac Bayley (Subject)